A Ford Mustang Beat A Porsche. The indomitable Porsche beaten by a specially prepared and modified Ford Mustang A Mustang??? BMW maybe. Or a Lola or a Ferrari. But a Mustang? How quick we are in this country to think that our automobile industry has lost the lead to the imports. First on the track. Then in the marketplace. And this is something we wish to keep in ;, .. - 4 '." j);.. eat Its save lives- uckle up. perspective. So we went back to racing To prove something. Here's the surprise: The Ford Mustang which beat Porsche and Lola at Brainerd and again at Sears Point (plus a BMW) did it with a 4-cylinder Ford Fiesta engine; modified, it's true. But the cars it beat were also built for racing only. Costing as much as $250,000. With six and eight cylinder engines -;" þ .